Category Archives: Software Development

BEMCheckBox v2.0.0 Released!

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Chris C

I’m happy to announce that BEMCheckBox v2.0.0 has been released! It is a open source library making it easy to create beautiful, highly customizable, animated checkboxes for iOS. You can find the install instructions here. This a forked release as … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show #8: Another Failure at Adding System Test for the Standard Ruby Linter ToDo Bug Fix

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Chris C

Similar to the previous episode I fail at adding a system test. Should I be live coding all these failures? I think so. Maybe? Do they make boring videos? Probably. Should I say “ummm” less? Most definitely. I think there … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show #7: Trying to Add a System Test for the Standard Ruby Linter ToDo Bug Fix

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Chris C

I, Chris, try to add a system test for the todo bug fix in episode 5 but run into some issues. I find out I stupidly hard coded the todo file name when he first added the ability to generate … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show 2: Struggling to get the RubyMine Debugger Working

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Chris C

Chris fights to get the debugger working in RubyMine and does not make any progress on Standard. It was frustrating but overall Chris enjoys working with RubyMine so thank you JetBrains for creating it. If you have any questions you … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned about Gobuster

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Chris C

I’ve made it a goal for 2023 to increase my security knowledge. This was based on increase in security related questions from clients. Specifically related to website security as most of my current work is maintaining websites for clients. One … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned how to Secure the Delayed Job Page with Spree Users

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Chris C

A client has an online store that is powered by an older version of Spree. I’m in the process of upgrading it and adding features to it at the same time. It’s a slow process as upgrading to newer versions … Continue reading →

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Generate a Todo List in Standard (Rubocop)

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Chris C

The older I get the more I appreciate code linters. Something that can detect and often correct my formatting errors? Great! One less thing I have to worry about. Then I can spend my time on more important tasks such … Continue reading →

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A Rails 6 Template and Then Some

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Chris C

I appreciate people posting getting started examples and templates online. They are good for getting started and playing with a new technology. The problem is the templates are usually not production ready. They are also missing a bunch of the … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned Altering a SQL Column Removes it’s Default Value

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Chris C

This one I actually already knew but temporarily forgot about it so got to relearn it. In MySQL, and many other databases, updating the column with an ALTER statement will remove any properties not explicitly listed. For example, say you … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned About GitHub’s Dependabot

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Chris C

Recently I created a CI build for the Introduction to ORM for DBAs presentation example code. One of the reasons I picked this code base was so I could try out Dependabot for the security alerts I’m getting. The security … Continue reading →

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